Fifty years ago the Daily Advertiser reported that a wedding cake decorated by Mr Ron Walden of the Kelso Bakery and featuring a detailed model of St Michael’s Cathedral was a focal point at the wedding of Mr Peter Rocks and Miss Julianne Walsh. Click here for more of Wagga 25 and 50 Years ago.

From the Daily Advertiser, 25 years ago, New South Wales Minister for Health Services Management, Ron Phillips was pictured handing over a certificate of accreditation to Wagga Base Hospital.

Click here to see what was happening in Wagga Wagga 25 and 50 years ago.

As reported by the Daily Advertiser in 1992, more than 700 people attended the official blessing and opening of the Wagga Diocesan Seminary, Vianney College.

From the Daily Advertiser 3rd January 1951. The arrival in Wagga yesterday of the party which is re-enacting the voyage of Sturt and his party down the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers was watched by thousands of Wagga citizens.

Television came to Wagga when Riverina Television Pty Ltd started broadcasting in Wagga as RVN-2 on June 19, 1964.

The Daily Advertiser reports 25 years ago that Mr Dennis Bishop has replaced Mr Garth Green, who retired last year as principal at Mt Austin High School.

From the Daily Advertiser, 50 Years ago the engineer and manager of the Wagga Gasworks, Mr C S Krummel was appointed by the NSW Minister for Local Goverment, Mr Morton as a member of a special committee to enquire into the local government gas industry.

From the Daily Advertiser, fifty Years ago in March 1967 work was about to commence on Wagga’s 20th hotel. The hotel to cost $175,000 will be constructed one block off Lake Albert Road adjacent to what will be the new shopping centre at Kooringal.

The Miss Wagga Quest has a long history dating back to 1948 when the first Miss Wagga, Thena Karofilis was crowned Queen of the Flowers by mayor, Les Barrand.